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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013
What study method works best for you?
Swanson
McCoy
Amanda Swanson, Senior from Erie, Colo., said, "I QUIZ MYSELF over and over again until I can't get it wrong. As long as it gets me through the test, I call it a success."
THE SQ3R READING METHOD stands for Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review. To begin studying, this method suggests surveying the chapter by looking at the headings
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and subheadings, captions under the graphics along with looking over the summaries. Next, turn the information gathered from surveying into questions. Next, read to find the answers to your questions. Then, recite the questions
Wise
orally and take notes on the answers. Last, review as much as possible.
Cortney Wise, Sophmore from Bonner Springs, Kan., said, "Depending on the test, I will do the typical college student move and FILL OUT THE STUDY GUIDE and simply review
Markisha McCoy, Junior from Kansas City, Kan., says. "It's very effective. Reading it over and over and over helps you remember it. In a way you are teaching yourself the material."
that. However, if it's a test I'm less confident about I might make up my own test to practice over the material. This helps me memorize and get more familiar. Plus putting the terms in my own words to better understand the concepts
Williams
helps."
HEPS.
THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE works with time, not against it, and helps to eliminate burnouts and distractions. This simple technique breaks studying into sections. Study for 25
minutes then reward yourself with a five minute break to check Instagram or Twitter. Do this two more times and on your third five-minute break, take a 20 minute break instead.
Journalism Professor Mike Williams says, "I think the worst thing people do is try to cram it all in. The trick is to use one time period to get the concepts, the next time period for examples and the next time period to put it all together."
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LOCAL BUSINESS
Next year's Common Book will hit close to home — literally.
"The Center of Everything," by University professor Laura Moriarty, set in the fictional town of Kerrville, Kan., during the 1980s, has been selected as the 2014-2015 Common Book.
"It's the first time that we've chosen a book that was written by a professor here at KU," said Howard Graham from the Office of First-Year Experience. "That lends itself to the community aspect of the goal in a really unique way."
Incoming first-year and
"It's not exactly a high-concept plot," Laura Moriarty said. "The readers who like it tend to like it for the narrator's voice and the characters and the ideas."
The novel, the first fictional Common Book, is a coming-of-age story. It deals with poverty, religion, evolution, role models, family and Reagan-era politics, following the fictional character Evelyn Bucknow from 10 years old until going off to college.
receive a copy. Graham said this builds a community and creates a shared academic experience that helps students transition into college.
Moriarty is an English
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degrees at the University.
The University Daily Kansan:
What should KU students who read "The Center of Everything" take away from it?
Laura Moriarty: I would never want to tell a reader what he or she should take away from my book. But for me, the novel is very much about a girl who, at least when she's young, clings to black-and-white thinking as a survival skill. That kind of thinking does serve her for a while, when her circumstances are pretty desperate. But as she gets older, new experiences encourage her to consider a
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Laura Moriarty, a University english professor, shares her book, "The Center of Everything," which has been selected as next year's Common Book. The book is set in the fictional small Kansas town during the 1980s.
Index
CLASSIFIEDS 2B
CROSSWORD 5A
CRYPTOQUIPS 5A
OPINION 4A
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SPORTS 1B
SUDOKU 5A
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